Pervomaiske () is a Ukrainian toponym. Places with the name include: * Pervomaiske, Crimea * Pervomaiske, Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast *

Pervomaiske, Mykolaiv Oblast Zavodske (), formerly Pervomaiske (; ), is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in southern Ukraine, locating in Mykolaiv Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Pervomaiske settlement hromada, one of ...

* The former name of Avdiivske * The former name of Bolharka, Rozdilna Raion, Odesa Oblast The toponym literally means "the first of May", in reference to the

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holiday that takes place on that date. It shares the same etymology with the toponyms , Pershotravensk, Pershotravneve, and Pershe Travnia, among others. Due to the law "

On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy The Law of Ukraine "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy" () is a piece of Ukrainian legislation, enacted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on March 21, 2023. The ...

", signed in April 2023 by

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, all localities in Ukraine with the name "Pervomaiske" or other May Day-related toponyms were set to be renamed. The

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has described toponyms related to May Day as "a clear example of massive Soviet ideological toponymic nomination aimed at glorifying the

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as the hegemon of the

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, the driving force of the

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of 1917 and the future '

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.'" The majority of such settlements were renamed in September 2024.

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{{SIA, populated places in Ukraine Soviet toponymy in Ukraine

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